Poetic documentary · 2025

Lick

Writer / Director / Editor / Colourist / Composer

Best Cinematography · Best Documentary — JCDC FIWi Short Film Competition 2025

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Year

2025

Format

Poetic documentary

Role

Writer · Director · Editor · Colourist · Composer

Production

EdgeLights Media

01 — The film

“Play wid puppy, puppy lick yuh mouth.”

A short poetic hybrid film built around a Jamaican proverb: play with a puppy, and it will lick your mouth — let familiarity go too far, and it will lose its respect for you.

Blending documentary and poetry, LICK moves through Kingston’s streets, faces and small moments to ask what we allow, and what it costs us. It won Best Cinematography and Best Documentary at the JCDC FIWi Short Film Competition 2025.

02 — Stills

Frames from the film

A woman in a white blouse glances back over her shoulder in LICK, a poetic documentary by George Malcolm Walker
A young man on a bicycle talks to a woman walking down a sunlit Kingston street in LICK, a poetic documentary by George Malcolm Walker
A boy sits among pink flowers holding a red juice box in LICK, a poetic documentary by George Malcolm Walker
A doll in a pink dress lies face-down in a puddle in LICK, a poetic documentary by George Malcolm Walker
Two young men on a street at night in LICK, a poetic documentary by George Malcolm Walker
Low-angle close-up of a smiling young man against a blue sky in LICK, a poetic documentary by George Malcolm Walker
Poster for LICK, a Jamaican poetic documentary written and directed by George Malcolm Walker

03 — George’s role

Written, directed, cut and scored.

George Malcolm Walker wrote and directed LICK, edited and graded it, and composed its score — working with cinematographer Orlando Marshall on a film that won both Best Documentary and Best Cinematography.

Credits

Written & Directed by

George Malcolm Walker

Director of Photography

Orlando Marshall

Edited by

George Malcolm Walker

Colour by

George Malcolm Walker

Original Score

George Malcolm Walker

Production

EdgeLights Media

04 — Festivals

Recognition

2025

Best Documentary

JCDC FIWi Short Film Competition

2025

Best Cinematography

JCDC FIWi Short Film Competition

2025

Top 8 Finalist

JCDC FIWi Short Film Competition

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